Alright, I know this is oddly, oddly specific and I'm sure 99% of the world doesn't care much for it and I know 'Yesterday' isn't even a particularly great film...but I'm just shocked they went the entire film without pointing out he's Indian. Its become expected for me and yet this film never even once does it. It felt like they could have had anyone play this character but the actor of Indian descent, auditioned and happened to be the best for the role. That they cast him and being Indian had little to nothing to do with it.Sigh. I know I sound like a psycho. But I'm an Indian-American that was raised entirely American. My parents didn't raise me even a little bit Indian yet a very common thread in my life, whether its meeting friends for drinks and them opening with an Indian joke or being the Indian kid in a classroom and having the teacher decide I'm a good student based off of previous experience with Indian students or work place casual conversation where someone asks me if I've seen "X" Bollywood film or being stood up at prom because "what would people think" if a white girl dated an Indian guy. My entire life, it's felt like the world must remind me that I'm of Indian descent and I'm being melodramatic right now, its really not so terrible, but the culture of India is just something I've never even remotely identified with.I'm certain this doesn't resonate with anyone and I'm just making a ridiculous post about something that's really not that important. I just wanted to put this somewhere because its just refreshing to see an actor of Indian descent on-screen and the film never even mentions it once. He's a character in a story and being Indian had nothing to do with it. I'm genuinely trying to think of another film that does it and I just can't. via /r/movies https://ift.tt/2V5Lk4z
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